Waltham, MA based Thermo Fisher Scientific has released the EMPAD™ G2 direct electron detector for use in 4D STEM. Thermo Fisher claims the EMPAD™ G2 will enable faster high-speed 4D STEM imaging and analysis, and can be integrated with Velox software to be used in applications such as strain mapping, ptychography, and combined 4D STEM + EDS in materials research. https://www.thermofisher.com/us/en/home/electron-microscopy/products/accessories-em/empad-detector.html?cid=MSD_

Tokyo, Japan based JEOL released the GRAND ARM™ 3, the newest version of their 300 kV atomic-resolution analytical electron microscope. It is compatible with the LASCOR corrector for STEM, and the ATCOR corrector for TEM. On the same date, JEOL also launched the CRYO ARM™ 300S (300 kV), and CRYO ARM™ 200S (200 kV) cold field-emission cryo-electron microscopes. Geared for single-particle analysis (SPA), cryo-electron tomography (cryo-ET), and 3DED/MicroED, JEOL also claims the

Tokyo, Japan based JEOL has released the ACE eye™, a semiconductor-dedicated high-throughput analytical TEM. JEOL claims it is fully automated, recipe-based end-to-end operation, including TEM/STEM imaging and EDS analysis, and shifts from operator-dependent to operator-free measurements with high reproducibility. It features AI-driven automatic aberration correction (ASCOR as standard), advanced automation algorithms for continuous optimization of conditions, robust stabilit

Researchers at Kyoto University’s Institute for Chemical Research, working with collaborators in Germany and Australia, demonstrated atomic-level elemental mapping using electron energy-loss spectroscopy (EELS) in the challenging low-energy regime (around 100 eV). By selectively detecting electrons scattered in specific directions, they achieved roughly five times higher spatial resolution for identifying silicon atoms, overcoming previous limitations caused by delocalized in

Tescan, working in conjunction with the University of West Bohemia in Pilsen, Czech Republic, has installed a retractable 4D STEM detector onto an Amber 2 FIB-SEM. This means that analyses such as diffraction, phase, and orientation can be performed on thin films and other materials research in the FIB-SEM without the need to transfer the sample to a TEM. https://tescan.com/news/4d-stem-in-sem-materials-research-interview

In order to address the issue of extremely low contrast in cryo-EM samples, researchers at UC Berkeley have adapted "phase-contrast" imaging for the TEM. By adding a laser phase-plate into the TEM imaging system, contrast is increased to useable levels in otherwise low-contrast samples, like cell proteins. Development of this system has been performed on a modified Thermo Fisher Scientific Krios Cryo TEM. https://news.berkeley.edu/2026/06/11/a-breakthrough-in-electron-microsc

Researchers at Lawrence Berkeley Labs in Berkeley, California have developed a 4D STEM technique to identify the structure of nanocrystals that were previously seen as unsolvable. Previously, many nanocrystals were too small or too disordered to classify or index through conventional crystallographic methods. However, with this new 4D STEM method, single nanocrystals only a few nanometers wide can be sampled. https://newscenter.lbl.gov/2026/03/03/new-electron-microscopy-

The University of Vienna in Austria recently announced a groundbreaking observation in materials science. Researchers from the University of Vienna in Austria directly observed the hexatic phase (an exotic intermediate state between solid and liquid) in an atomically thin two-dimensional crystal for the first time. Results were published in a paper in Science titled: " Hexatic phase in covalent two-dimensional silver iodide ". The experiment was conducted using a Nion electr

Tokyo, Japan based Hitachi High-Tech Corporation has recently released a new 120kV TEM, the HT7800II. Hitachi claims the system is extremely stable, high contrast system which takes Tungsten hairpin, or LaB6 filaments and can be run at 20 to 120kV in 100V steps. https://www.hitachi-hightech.com/us/en/news/nr20251219.html

Hitachi High-Tech America has opened an analytical laboratory in their Hillsboro, Oregon facility that is open for commercial use. The...

Thermo Fisher Scientific recently announced the latest iteration of the Talos line of TEM's, the Talos 12. This 120kV instrument is...

Waltham, Massachusetts based Thermo Fisher Scientific has released the Krios™ 5, a Cryo-Transmission Electron Microscope. Thermo Fisher...

JEOL has released the new JEM-Z200MF MARS, an atomic resolution STEM/TEM. The new system boasts the new MARS system, which stands for...

Massachusetts based Thermo Fisher Scientific (TFS) has released a new Scanning Transmission Electron Microscope (STEM) called the Iliad....

The new DENS Solutions Infinity solution is a TEM/STEM holder capable of in-situ heating, biasing, gas or liquid experiments (some of...

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It's not a washing machine, but a new compact 120keV TEM from JEOL. The JEM-120i is a compact TEM designed to fit into very small spaces....

AMetek Gatan has announced the new Monarc Pro T system which performs cathodoluminescence (CL) analysis of samples in the Transmission...

Ametek Gatan has announced the ClearView next-gen scintillator CMOS camera for the Transmission Electron Microscope (TEM). Gatan says the...